Observatory for Research and Practice on Food Systems and Social Reproduction

粮食系统和社会再生产研究与实践观察站

• 批准号: MR/X035352/1
• 负责人: Fiorella Picchioni
• 金额: $ 180.19万
• 依托单位: University of Greenwich
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=MR%2FX035352%2F1
• 关键词: Observatory; Research; Practice; Food; Systems

Feminist scholars have demonstrated the invisibility of women's reproductive labour (or social reproduction - SR), performed in bearing and raising children, maintaining households and socially sustaining and guaranteeing the daily reproduction of the labour-force. SR theories highlight that capitalist forms of production necessarily rely on devaluing reproductive activities through inequalities drawn along lines of gender, race, class and citizenship status. Without this un(der)paid labour there would be no production or accumulation. This argument extends beyond domestic labour, pointing to the large reservoir of unwaged labour and 'cheap natures' (i.e. low-cost food, energy and raw-material) that sustains the life process, whilst also generating value for capital. This conformation of labour and distinctions between what is productive and reproductive work, permeate in our current Food Systems which are increasingly commodified, are concentrated in the hands of a few powerful corporations, financialised and extractive. Academically and in policy-making, we still tend to study different aspects of food separately and often policies to improve food systems focus on a particular part of the problem, such as increasing yields or improving diets. Whilst this approach has led to major insights and development of expertise in specific fields, solutions rarely have an impact beyond their own discipline and carry the risk of worsening problems considered 'out of scope'. The main innovation presented by this research, is that by using a Social Reproduction lens, the body of knowledge and practice developed by the fellowship will incorporate what is beyond prevailing Food Systems literature and policy. Therefore, it contributes to design and implementation of transformative actions that tackle the underpinning causes of the triple burden of malnutrition - the coexistence of undernutrition, obesity and micro-nutrient deficiencies - and the socio-economic and environmental inequalities perpetuated by current food systems.Anchored in the notion of a continuum between socio-political-economic trends between Global South and Global North and located in the political economy contexts of SA, GH and the UK, the research carried out by the Observatory aims at unpacking the food systems-social reproduction nexus. Using a participatory, interdisciplinary and technology-based approach, the Observatory broadly conceptualises female, racialised and working-class reproductive labour to include un(der)paid reproductive work, but also abject forms of food labour performed outside of the institutional domain of the market, namely, subsistence farming or maintenance of homestead gardens, environmental stewardships, work in food solidarity networks. A SR lens is based on the idea that to understand how we sustain our lives from one generation to the next, we need to unpack how different parts of the economy and society relate to each other. Therefore, SR is well suited to help us develop a more holistic understanding of the ways we produce and consume food. In particular, this can highlight how unpaid work and the work performed in the informal sector, are fundamental to shaping the ways food is produced, distributed, sold and consumed.The Fellowship will study the production, supply and consumption of selected food sectors in SA and GH (high-end horticultural products destined the UK markets), the UK (food manufactured goods - confectionery, drinks and beverages- exported to SA and GH). Anchored in co-creation, the research will provide the case-studies that help to answer the following research questions:1) What are the social reproductive costs of the current ways in which food is produced and consumed?2) How do households, communities and states manage and care for food work and food consumption related health burdens?3) What is the role of the private sector and the state in promoting or hindering better labour and food consumption

女权主义学者已经证明，妇女的再生产劳动（或社会再生产——SR）是不可见的，这些劳动表现在生育和养育孩子、维持家庭以及社会上维持和保证劳动力的日常再生产。 SR理论强调，资本主义生产形式必然依赖于通过性别、种族、阶级和公民身份等方面的不平等来贬低生殖活动的价值。没有这种低报酬的劳动，就不会有生产或积累。这一论点超出了家务劳动的范围，指出大量的无薪劳动力和“廉价的自然”（即低成本的食品、能源和原材料）维持着生命过程，同时也为资本创造了价值。这种劳动形态以及生产性工作和生殖性工作之间的区别，渗透到我们当前日益商品化的粮食系统中，集中在少数强大的金融化和采掘性公司手中。在学术上和政策制定中，我们仍然倾向于分别研究食物的不同方面，并且改善食物系统的政策通常侧重于问题的特定部分，例如增加产量或改善饮食。虽然这种方法在特定领域带来了重大见解和专业知识的发展，但解决方案很少产生超出其自身学科的影响，并且存在使被认为“超出范围”的问题恶化的风险。这项研究提出的主要创新是，通过使用社会再生产的视角，该奖学金开发的知识和实践体系将纳入超出现行粮食系统文献和政策的内容。因此，它有助于设计和实施变革行动，解决营养不良三重负担（营养不良、肥胖和微量营养素缺乏并存）的根本原因，以及当前粮食系统造成的社会经济和环境不平等。根据南半球和北半球之间社会政治经济趋势连续统一体的概念，并在南非、苏格兰和英国的政治经济背景下进行的研究观察站的目标是揭示粮食系统与社会再生产之间的关系。观察站采用参与性、跨学科和基于技术的方法，广泛概念化女性、种族化和工人阶级的生殖劳动，包括无偿生殖工作，但也包括在市场制度领域之外进行的卑鄙形式的食品劳动，即自给农业或维护家园花园、环境管理、粮食团结网络中的工作。 SR 镜头基于这样一种理念：为了了解我们如何维持一代又一代的生活，我们需要解开经济和社会不同部分之间的相互关系。因此，SR 非常适合帮助我们更全面地了解我们生产和消费食物的方式。特别是，这可以突显无偿工作和非正规部门的工作对于塑造粮食生产、分配、销售和消费方式至关重要。该奖学金将研究南非选定食品部门的生产、供应和消费GH（高端园艺产品运往英国市场），英国（食品制成品 - 糖果、饮料和饮料 - 出口到 SA 和 GH）。该研究以共同创造为基础，将提供有助于回答以下研究问题的案例研究：1）当前粮食生产和消费方式的社会再生产成本是多少？2）家庭、社区如何以及各州管理和照顾食品工作和食品消费相关的健康负担？3) 私营部门和国家在促进或阻碍更好的劳动力和食品消费方面发挥什么作用